CATALOGUE. 
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910. LORICULUS VERNALI8, Sparrman Sp. 
Psittacus vernalis, SparrmaUj Mus. Carls, t. 29 (1787). 
Lath., Hist, of B. II. p. 265. 
Loriculus vernalis, BlytJi, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. Beng. 
p. 10; J. A. S. Beng. XVIII. p. 801 ; XIX. p. 236. 
Bonap., Bev. Zool. (1854), p. 155. 
Psittaculus vernalis, Swains., Zool. III. 2nd ser. I. t. 1. 
Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. X. p. 921. Jerdon, 3fadr. 
Journ. XI. p. 209. Hodgs., Cat. B. of Nep. p. 113. 
G. B. Gray, Gen. ofB. W. p. 423. 
Psittacus pendiilus, Pearson, J. A. S. Beng. X. p. 654 
(1841). 
Psittacula pyropyga, v. vernalis, Hodgs., Gray's Zool. 
Misc. (1844), p. 85. 
Vernal Parrot, Latham. 
Pendulous Parrot, Bearson. 
Eed-rumped Dwarf Parrot, or Lorikeet, Jerdon. 
Bhoea, or Bhoaea, Hind., S. India, Jerdon. 
Latkak {i. e. * pendent '), Hind., Bengal, Blyth. 
Kyai-tha-da, Arracan. 
A. India. From the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
B. Madras. From Dr. Wight's Collection. 
c. d, ^. Tenasserim. From Heifer's Collection. 
" Inhabits all India, from the sub-Himalayan region to S. India, 
and the countries bordering the eastern shores of the Bay of Bengal, 
as far as the Tenasserim provinces, where it abounds, and also Java[?] ; 
whereas, in the Malayan peninsula, there appears only to be L. gal- 
gulus:'— (Blyth..) 
In C. W. Smith's Notes, it is stated : " These birds have no note 
that I ever heard, nor do they speak. They are very tame, and when 
going to roost, resort to the upper part of the cage, where they hang 
themselves by the legs, with the wings folded almost close to the 
side, the tail a little spread, and the head downwards." — (J. A. S. 
Beng. X. p. 654.) 
Mr. Jerdon remarks : " I have found this species in S. India, only 
in the more open spaces of the lofty jungles of the west coast. It is 
most numerous, I think, in Travancore and the more southern 
portions, also at the foot of the Neilgherries. I did not observe 
